dMZX Forums: Archive Browser -> Rejected Requests -> Tracker

At some point between MZX 2.92 and 2.95, a simple archive browser will be added.

Current plans:

• Fetch a small file to check for updates.
  
• Fetch a compressed pre-prepared manifest of game metadata and a category list from e.g. repo.digitalmzx.com:
  
  • Base version vault ID
    
  • Vault ID
    
  • Primary file SHA-256
    
  • Category (game, engine, day of zeux, etc...)
    
  • Title
    
  • Author
    
  • Version
    
  • Description
    
  • Overall rating
    
  • Tags
  
  
• This list will be constructed by the vault based on various criteria:
  
  • Visibility/status (incl. possibly a new visibility that forbids a game from appearing in the repo)
    
  • Reject any game in the MegaZeux category
    
  • Reject any game not archived as a .ZIP
    
    • Write a script to rearchive the games that aren't?
  
  
• Request vault ID + primary file from some script to download. Extract .ZIP and compute manifest
  
• Display all games in an searchable, categorized interface on startup instead of the load menu (CONFIGURABLE) and display only items from the "Game" category with >=3.8 stars by default
  
  • If any games are installed through this system, show the installed games on startup instead
  
  
• Upgrade by matching same base vault IDs

Archive structure:

• REPO/
  
  • archive.txt
    
  • installed.txt
    
  • ZIPS/
    
  • (base vault ID)/
    
    • manifest.txt
      
    • DATA/
    
    
  • ...

TBA: how to determine the main .MZX file
TBA: how to deal with multiple .ZIP games (imo we should rearchive them)

Updating status to: Awaiting Feedback

Updating status to: Rejected

I think with the upcoming Emscripten port this is pretty pointless. Rejecting for now unless eventually there's a reason to add this.

Moving to: Rejected Requests